Peter Jon Mitchell
Program Director, Family
Peter Jon Mitchell is program director for Cardus Family. He has spent over a decade and a half researching and writing about Canadian families and public policy. Active in the media, his articles have appeared in the National Post, Toronto Sun, Financial Post, and Law Now among other publications. Peter Jon holds a ThM and MTS from Tyndale Seminary and a degree in history and political science from the University of Western Ontario.
An Interview with Peter Jon Mitchell
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Family
Research Brief
Child Care by the Numbers: Newfoundland & Labrador
Child-care policies should be equitable for all families, regardless of the type of care they choose. Universal child-care systems fail to recognize the diverse care needs of parents in Newfoundland and their reasons for the type of care they choose.
January 28, 2021
Family
Research Brief
Child Care by the Numbers: Saskatchewan
Child-care policies should be equitable for all families, regardless of the type of care they choose. Universal child-care systems fail to recognize the diverse care needs of parents in Saskatchewan and their reasons for the type of care they choose.
January 28, 2021
Family
Research Brief
Real Questions about Universal Child Care
January 1, 2021
Family
Child Care by the Numbers
Child-care policies should be equitable for all families, regardless of the type of care they choose. Universal child-care systems fail to recognize the diverse care needs of parents in Manitoba and their reasons for the type of care they choose.
Family
Policy Brief
Cardus Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women
Solutions for families both during and after the pandemic.
November 19, 2020
Family
Research Brief
Child Care During the Pandemic: British Columbia
From the beginning of the pandemic in British Columbia, child care was declared an essential service. Providers were not ordered to close but were also not forced to stay open. According to various child-care providers, the pandemic did not so much create problems as exacerbate existing challenges. Diverse forms of child care were available to families during the pandemic, but the crisis highlights the province’s inequitable treatment of providers based on the type of care they provide.
September 8, 2020
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